I Was Sloppy but Raise Comes Through Anyway!

This past Friday, I received an email from Raise about their regular weekend sale. Every weekend, there are certain gift cards which are an extra 5%. This weekend, Staples was on sale. I decided to buy gift cards since it would be an extra 5% off. You can normally buy Staples gift cards for 3-4.5% off.

I bought $168 worth of gift cards for 4.3% off, which comes out to about 9% off after the promo code.

The problem is that I got really excited and I forgot to add in the promo code so now I am stuck with $168 of gift cards. I would get 5x Ultimate rewards points with a Chase Ink without buying anything upfront!

Moral of the story: Most companies have really great customer service. If you make a genuine mistake or didn't know about a promotion, just ask for it after the fact and most of the time the company says yes.